मोमबत्ती mōmbattī

बत्ती battī (hindi)

Wick, lamp, taper, light.

P موم mom (prob. = S. मधू+मल), s.m. Bees-wax, wax: — mom-battī, or mom-kī battī, s.f. A wax-candle; a composition candle: — mom-jāma, s.m. Wax-cloth, cerecloth: — mom-dil, adj. Tender-hearted: — mom-ḍhāl, s.f. (dialec.) = mom-jāma, q.v.: — mom-raug̠an, vulg. mom-rogan, s.m. Wax and oil mixed (com. used for polishing furniture): — mom kī nāk, s.f. 'A nose of wax'; a person of a fickle disposition: — mom karnā, v.t. 'To make or convert into wax'; to make soft or pliable; to soften; to melt, thaw, move: — mom-gar, s.m. A worker in wax.